A russian fighter jet is shot down in syrias provinces the governments battle to retake the rebel held territory continues. Italys Prime Minister condemns a drive by shooting targeting african immigrants warning hatred and violence will not be allowed to divide people. And thousands of corsicans march to model tanami head of a visit from french president emanuel next week. And im far as smiling all the days sport including arsenal crush average ten five one in the English Premier League thanks to an aaron ramsey. Begin the program in syria where fighters linked to al qaida have claim responsibility for the downing of a russian jet that province Defense Ministry has confirmed that the planes pilot managed to eject himself but was killed in a subsequent ground fight russian planes have been targeting rebel fighters alongside the Syrian Government since december with more than thirty fighters killed in High Precision strikes on saturday alone the u. N. Says some one hundred thousand civil
To the 6 nations. And ben has the weather. Good morning. Its shaping up to be a brighter day for most today, quite a lot of sunshine around but some wintry showers too brought in on a cold north easterly wind. All the weather details you need to know on the way. Cheers, ben. Talk to you later. Good morning. First, our main story. Scotland yard is looking into two more allegations of Sexual Assault against the hollywood Film Producer harvey wine steen. It brings the total number of women who have reported him to British Police to nine. The actress uma thuman has also alleged he assaulted her at a hotel in london in the 1990s. Our correspondent simon jones has more. She starred in several films produced by the disgraced movie mogul. It was after the success of pulp fiction that uma thuman it was after the success of pulp fiction that uma thurman says she was targeted by Harvey Weinstein. Now shes the latest woman to speak out in an interview with the new york times. Uma thurman claims Ha
Victory with the last kick of the game in the six nations rugby, as they beat france 15 13 in paris. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A local council has taken the highly unusual step of imposing emergency spending controls, after saying its facing severe financial challenges. The move by Northamptonshire County Council means a ban on all new spending apart from whats used to protect vulnerable people. The councils conservative leader, heather smith, says the move is a result of rising demand for services and cuts in government funding. It follows warnings that other authorities are also struggling to remain solvent. Our Political Correspondent matt cole reports. Like so many others across britain, people in northamptonshire have watched their council manage multi Million Pound budget cuts since 2010, and now theyve run out of cash, meaning a host of services from subsidised buses to libraries are threatened. Ill be absolutely devastated if it closes. Weve been here forjust over a
A debut goal for arsenals record signing Pierre Emerick aubameyang. But aaron ramsey steals the headlines with a hat tick against everton. Tributes and tears as west brom remember Cyrille Regis and Manchester United commemorated the 60th anniversary of the munich air disaster. Kilmarnock enjoy their first win over celtic in nearly six years, as Brendan Rodgers suffers only his second domestic defeat at the club. Also coming up in the programme. Doubles trouble for Great Britain as spain take a 2 1 lead in their world group tie. And australia get off to a flyer in the t20 tri series, beating new zealand by seven wickets theyll face england on wednesday morning. What a start to the six nations campaign. Earlier we saw wales claim a stinging victory over scotland in cardiff. But there was plenty of drama still to come in paris, it all came down to the final seconds of the game and a stunning performance from Johnny Sexton who finished what he had started to clinch victory with a last gasp
Split up deliberately a bad romance forfans of a bad romance for fans of lady gaga after illness forces her to cancel the last ten dates of the european leg of her world tour. Wales gets to a flying start in the six nations rugby, as beat scotland 34 points to seven in the opening match of the tournament. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. A local council has taken the rare step of imposing emergency spending controls because of what it describes as severe financial challenges. No new expenditure will be allowed at the conservative led Northamptonshire County Council except for work protecting Vulnerable People. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn said austerity was causing chaos in local government. Jane Frances Kelly reports. Northamptonshire county councils new headquarters cost £53 million and was opened just last year but the building could be up for sale soon to help the authority balance its books. It is now banning all new expenditure although services safeguarding Vulnerable